According to Penn State University (2016, para. 8), “Political affiliation appears to have a significant impact on a person’s trust in their police. A Republican is 19 percent more likely than a Democrat or other resident to trust the police.”
Also with Princeton SPIA “The study of the Chicago and Houston police forces revealed that regardless of their party affiliation, officers in similar circumstances generally behave alike, making similar numbers of stops and arrests and using force at similar rates. However, officers of different racial groups behave much differently. Black and Hispanic officers make fewer stops and arrests in Chicago, and Black officers use force less often in both cities. Comparing same-race partisans, they found that white Democrats make more violent-crime arrests than white Republicans in Chicago.” (Durso, 2025, para. 7).
And also according to Catherine et al (2022, July 27), “Of the few studies that looked at political party and policing perceptions in the United States prior to 2000, one found that Republicans held more favorable attitudes toward law enforcement than Democrats, and another found no significant difference between Democrats and non-Democrats. Also, a study in Canada found that conservatism had a strong positive correlation with attitudes towards police.”
Durso, T. (2025, February 19). Research record: Political diversity in U.S. police agencies. Princeton SPIA. https://spia.princeton.edu/news/research-record-political-diversity-us-police-agencies.
Penn State University. (2016, December 1). According to poll, 8 out of 10 Pennsylvania residents trust their local police. Penn State News. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/according-poll-8-out-10-pennsylvania-residents-trust-their-local-police
Vitro, Catherine et al. “Attitudes about police and race in the United States 2020-2021: Mean-level trends and associations with political attitudes, psychiatric problems, and COVID-19 outcomes.” PloS one vol. 17,7 e0271954. 27 Jul. 2022, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0271954
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